Strong
Strong adjective - Able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposure.
Usage example: the doctor soon declared her strong enough to go home from the hospital
Nearby Word: strongly
Yielding
Yielding adjective - Not stiff in structure.
Usage example: after sitting on a hard bench for hours, I was happy to sink into the sofa's yielding cushions
Both words in one sentence
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Dirty Pretty Things: the film revolves around illegal migrants yielding to terrible pressure and selling their kidneys to an organlegging outfit, and one Nigerian surgeon being strong-armed into working for them.
Source: Organ Theft
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